elephant dose

English

Noun

elephant dose (plural elephant doses)

1. (of drugs) a large amount
   • 2014, Bo Brock, Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere: Tales of Humor and Healing from Rural America, Austin, Texas: Greenleaf Book Group Press, →ISBN, page 73:

     Even with an elephant dose of sedative, the horse was still kicking at him when he tried to clean the wound.

   • 1992, Gloria Dank, As the sparks fly upward, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 69:

     She had to be put to bed with an elephant dose of tranquilizers.

Translations

large amount

• Czech: koňská dávka f
• French: dose de cheval (fr) f
• Polish: dawka uderzeniowa f, końska dawka f
• Portuguese: dose de cavalo f
• Russian: лошади́найа до́за f (lošadínaja dóza)
• Slovak: konská dávka f